Government and Public Corruption

John Eric Armstrong - Ellis County Texas Corruption Victim - Part 7

AAA Bail Bonds of Waxahachie, Texas bailed John Eric Armstrong out of the Ellis County Jail several times.  They've not been given the opportunity to bail him out from solitary confinement where he is now held in the Ellis County Jail, but their testimony will be important if there is ever a trial.  John Eric Armstrong has never been convicted or charged with a crime before -- not even now.  It's an incredible story - Part 7

This is John Eric Armstrong - Ellis County Texas Corruption Victim - Part 7 -- His story in his words:

The Video Evidence June 26, 2020 -- June 30, 2020

I knew they would put me in jail one way or another on 6/30/2020.  I uploaded the video evidence on 6/30/2020.  I was afraid that the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office would kill me in jail or they would kill my parents to stop them from helping me.  I posted the videos for me and my family’s safety.  I didn’t tell my story, and I didn’t use the correct legal language.  I just had to get them up quickly.

See all the videos -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZL_CDLOxHtN4wB9t-REEJw
 

Second Arrest Without Probable Cause

The Emergency Protective Order (EPO) June 27, 2020.

The Ellis County Sheriff’s Office needed me in jail to stop me from uncovering the truth.  They didn’t want me doing my own investigation because I was quickly exposing the fraud they committed in their paperwork.  For example, by calling Lauren Kersh and not being arrested, I learned that there was no charge (no legal paperwork) against me.  The Ellis County Sheriff’s Office couldn’t arrest me for anything because there was no charge, and they couldn’t violate my bond for stalking because there wasn’t one.

So, they couldn’t arrest me for anything.  Instead, the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office used a false EPO issued against me to create the appearance of having probable cause to arrest me.  They knew I would quickly violate an EPO out of personal principle (protest), because I hadn’t done anything, and having an EPO issued against me on behalf of my attacker is a crime and very egregious.  An EPO MUST belong to an alleged offense for violence (an arrest).  There was no violence, and I was not arrested or charged with any crime.  The Ellis County Sheriff’s Office issued an EPO against me without an alleged offense making it a false EPO.  Just like the Ellis County District Attorney’s indictment, it is a fake/phony/counterfeit/forgery/falsified document (fraud).  It is flapping in the wind, and it had no legal authority.  Issuing a false EPO against me (the victim) was a violation of my right to due process.

On Saturday 6/27/2020, three Ellis County Sheriff’s deputies showed up at my mother’s house to serve an EPO against me.  My mother knows what these criminals have done to me, and she is terrified, not only for my safety but hers as well.  When they arrived, my mother just happened to be on the phone with the FBI trying to get help with all of this.  My mother was scared to death.  She figured they were there to kill me or her or to tell her they’d had to kill me.

The FBI had the local police (Waxahachie Police Department) come out so my mother would feel safe speaking with the deputies.  I happened to pull up in the middle of this.  The deputies spoke to me suggesting that my mother had a mental condition.  I immediately began recording them with my phone camera and explained to them that my mother is terrified of them because of their crimes against me.  The three deputies issued an EPO against me for Lauren Kersh. The deputies did not arrest me.  There I was supposedly out on bond for stalking (assaultive felony) and being taken to trial but, they didn’t arrest me. They had to arrest me for violating my bond with AAA, not issue an EPO.

They could not issue an EPO because I had not been arrested and charged with any crime.  They couldn’t arrest me because there was no charge against me, and there was no bond.  I was slowly learning that not only was this whole thing fraud but they didn’t even bother to falsify the right documents.  I later found out that the Ellis County District Attorney is using their false indictment as if it were a conviction.  Like, “hey look, we have an indictment. He did something.”  This is fraud, no arrest, no official complaint + no affidavit of probable cause = no EPO (fraud).  To this day I have not been allowed to see any of the paperwork behind this EPO.   Even so, they could not issue an EPO because I had not been arrested and charged with any crime making this a false EPO.

The reason given on the EPO is, “a statement from Kersh.” On 6/28/2020, I violated their EPO on purpose and in protest by texting Lauren Kersh.  I was not arrested for this.  Instead, another deputy (Yates) came out by himself on 6/29/2020 and issued another EPO.  Deputy Yates had to arrest me for violating my bond with AAA Bail Bonds that I was supposedly out on.  He could not issue an EPO because I had not been arrested or charged for any crime.  This EPO shared the same cause number as the first (103654 CLL), however, the reason changed to “Family violence 2nd.  There had been only one arrest without probable cause meaning that even by the paperwork, there could be no second occurrence of family violence.  They used the Ellis County District Attorney’s false indictment to convince a judge to sign off on their EPO.  So, there is no family, (no dating relationship).  No violence and no 1st or 2nd.  All of this is proven in court transcripts from this very cause number.  I violated this EPO on purpose and in protest by calling Lauren Kersh.  Again, I was supposedly out on bond with AAA Bail Bonds.  Deputy Yates and the deputies who went to my mother’s house on 6/27/2020 had to arrest me for violating bond conditions but instead issued an EPO leaving me out of jail and still on bond.  There was no charge against me, and there was no bond.  This is fraud.

Bond Conditions Set on Nothing 6/30/2020

Ellis County Judge Cindy Ermatinger set bond conditions on nothing (fraud) to create the appearance of having probable cause to arrest me.  I was slowly learning that while this whole thing was fraud, they didn’t even falsify the correct documents.  They needed to stop me from getting help.  I had just posted their precious video evidence on YouTube that they tried so hard to withhold from me.  From this point forward, they were just trying to stop me from getting help by throwing me in jail and keeping me there.

I went to their court date on 6/30/2020.  I was the only person there due to COVID (I guess).  Judge Cindy Ermatinger, the Ellis County District Attorney, and my attorney appeared via Webex.  Judge Cindy Ermatinger was there but went into another room to appear by Webex.  Only a bailiff and a court reporter were in the room with me.  My court-appointed attorney didn’t say anything to help me.  Judge Cindy Ermatinger said this was a bond hearing and that my court-appointed attorney wanted to withdraw from the case.

Judge Cindy Ermatinger explained due process (how they were supposed to do things) and lied (perjury) about the Ellis County District Attorney following it.  Judge Cindy Ermatinger stated that the original charge had been dismissed first, (lie, proven in documents) and that when it was dismissed, the bond went away with it.  She went on to say that after the first charge was dismissed, a new charge of stalking was filed and an indictment was gained on the new charge (lie).  She said that we were all here on this day to set bond conditions for the second charge because she didn’t do this in January (lie).

Everything that I claim Judge Cindy Ermatinger said is proven in court transcripts from this date (6/30/2020 -- 45576CR).  The transcripts combined with the documents provided prove fraud and that Judge Cindy Ermatinger lied.  The documents prove that the original charge was still open when the indictment was gained and that the original case was dismissed altogether (dismissal paperwork 1/9/2020).  The same document proves that the Ellis County District Attorney tried to transfer a bond to a charge that doesn’t exist as well as tried to refile a case as it’s being dismissed altogether (fraud).   Judge Cindy Ermatinger did not set a bond or issue an EPO in January 2020 because there was no charge to set a bond or issue an EPO for.  No arrest + no official complaint + no affidavit of probable cause = no charge (fraud).

There is no second charge, so there is no paperwork for it because it does not exist.  It is very easy for DPS to prove there is no second charge as fingerprints are submitted to the state for all new felony charges (AFIS).  There should be prints made on 7/9/2019, but there are no prints for a second charge.  The second set of prints should have been taken before their indictment was obtained on 11/21/2019.  Additionally, there is no booking file on record in the Ellis County Jail pertaining to a second arrest for stalking before the indictment was gained on 11/21/2019.  There is no second charge of stalking.

Judge "Irma Tingler" aka Cindy Ermatinger

Judge Cindy Ermatinger began explaining her impossible bond conditions that she was setting for no criminal charge.  She said that I would have to report to adult probation for drug testing and pay them money.  In addition, she said that I would have to wear an ankle monitor.  I told Judge Cindy Ermatinger that I have never been accused of a drug crime and could she please explain exactly what makes their victim a victim.  Judge Cindy Ermatinger said that she doesn’t know anything about the case.  She said that the Ellis County District Attorney recommended these bond conditions.  And so, she is setting them.  So, she gets her marching orders from the Ellis County District Attorney.  I said that this is wrong, and Judge Cindy Ermatinger said that she’s the judge and she can do that.

I didn’t understand at the time, but she is not the judge in any legal proceeding that I am involved in, and she did not have authority to set bond or bond conditions with my name on it.  This is fraud, no arrest + no official complaint + no affidavit of probable cause = not legal (fraud).  Judge Cindy Ermatinger violated my right to due process by my even being in her courtroom.  I told Judge Cindy Ermatinger that I would not follow her bond conditions and that I would go to jail until trial.  Judge Cindy Ermatinger told me that I was not allowed to go to jail.  She said that I had to be out on her bond, violate her bond conditions, and then be arrested for violating her bond conditions.  What Judge Cindy Ermatinger said proves fraud.

A person cannot be forced to be out on bond.  A bond is an agreement.  Judge Cindy Ermatinger told me that I couldn’t just go to jail because there was no charge against me.  She had to create probable cause to make up a reason to arrest me, meaning there was nothing I could be put in jail for.  Judge Cindy Ermatinger had to create the appearance of probable cause to make up a reason to arrest me.  So, Judge Cindy Ermatinger issued false bond conditions on a false indictment.  Judge Cindy Ermatinger made her false bond conditions impossible to follow (ankle monitor) to ensure that I would be arrested giving the appearance of having probable cause against me.

They needed to stop me from getting help.  I told Judge Cindy Ermatinger I would not sign her bond conditions.  She said that it didn’t matter whether I signed or not, that I still had to be out on bond, violate her conditions first, and then go to jail.  I went ahead and signed her conditions as it didn’t matter either way (according to the judge).  At the time, I was pretty sure Judge Cindy Ermatinger couldn’t do that, but I wasn’t sure.  My court-appointed attorney, Kent McGuire, knew, and he just stood by and did nothing.  This is fraud, no arrest + no official complaint + no affidavit of probable cause = nothing, no bond conditions (fraud).

When Judge Cindy Ermatinger dismissed court, two Ellis County Sheriff’s deputies came in and arrested me on a warrant.  Originally, I was told that I was arrested for violation of certain court orders but, later it changed to violation of a protective order (Misdemeanor A).  I have never been allowed to view or obtain copies of the paperwork for this case (103654 CCL).  I have sent several requests to my last attorney, Mark Griffith, for copies of the reports but he would not give them to me.  He would not even allow me to view the Discovery evidence.  I sent my own requests for public records pertaining to this case (103654 CCL), and they don’t respond at all.

It is important to point out here that I was not arrested for stalking or anything that has to do with stalking.  They charged me with a new crime entirely because their stalking charge doesn’t exist.  This was a false arrest; they never had probable cause to issue an EPO in the first place, because I was not arrested or charged with any crime.  The Sheriff’s Office knew they couldn’t issue an EPO.  This is proven in that they first charged me with violation of certain court orders and later changed it to violation of a Protective Order once they thought the coast was clear (when they thought they got away with it).  They knew they could not issue an EPO as no crime had been committed.  No arrest + no official complaint + no affidavit of probable cause = NO EPO (fraud).

They had to arrest me for my bond with AAA Bail Bonds that I was supposedly out on.  This charge is based on their false indictment.  They are now using their false indictment as if it were probable cause to charge me with other crimes because they can’t use the false indictment itself.  So, they are waving it around like it’s a conviction.  This is criminal, and their crimes against me are egregious.


Third Arrest Without Probable Cause for Violating Bond Conditions that Don’t Belong to Anything (thin air) July 7, 2020

To say this in a short simple way: This is an arrest without probable cause because they issued a warrant for my arrest on a false indictment (fraud).

I was arrested on July 7, 2020 on a falsified warrant (DCW 8002) ordering my arrest on a false indictment (fraud).  This warrant (DCW 8002) is fraud because there is no probable cause behind it.  It belongs to a false indictment (also fraud).  Their false indictment is proven fraud because it does not belong to an accusation by a police officer (an arrest, official complaint, and an affidavit of probable cause).  

I bonded out of jail on their misdemeanor charge.  I was not in jail for the stalking charge; however, the jail would not let me out without an ankle monitor on.  I needed to get help, and I didn’t think I could do much from jail. I quickly realized that I wouldn’t be able to wear an ankle monitor.  I am not a criminal, and it would be humiliating to wear an ankle monitor to work when I am the victim of a violent crime.  Judge Cindy Ermatinger knew this, and that is why the judge set her bond conditions.  She knew there is no way a normal, law-abiding citizen would wear an ankle monitor or report to probation and pay them money.  Especially when that person is the victim of a violent crime.  I couldn’t do this in a million years.  I was getting more answers, and they needed me in jail so I couldn’t get help.  This is also why the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office issued their fake EPO at the same time.  They needed me in jail so I couldn’t get help.

Judge Cindy Ermatinger aka "Irma Tingler"

On July 4th, I cut off their ankle monitor.  Ellis County Judge Cindy Ermatinger ordered her court clerk to issue a false warrant for my re-arrest on the original charge because I violated her false bond conditions by not showing up to probation to pay money and take a drug test (not for cutting the ankle monitor).  The false warrant issued (supposedly for the original charge) by the Ellis County District Clerk is a district court warrant arresting me for their indictment that doesn’t belong to anything.  No arrest + no official complaint + no affidavit of probable cause = no indictment, no bond conditions, and no warrant (fraud). They are now saying their original charge is their indictment that does not belong to an arrest, official complaint, or an affidavit of probable cause (fraud).  Judge Cindy Ermatinger arrested me for violating bond conditions that don’t belong to anything (fraud).

On July 7, 2020, I was arrested without probable cause (abducted) by nine Tahoes worth of police officers being led by Lt. Shane Thompson of the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office.  In jail, I was arraigned by Chris Macon who arraigned me on the first false arrest in 2019.  Judge Chris Macon stated that this was the same charge he arraigned me on in 2019.  They are going back and forth (juggling) with their indictment and what it belongs to because no charge exists.  Sometimes they say it belongs to the original charge, sometimes they say it belongs to a second charge and sometimes they say it is the charge.  There is no charge.


This Section is an Update and was Added on April 21, 2021

On July 7, 2020, I was arrested without probable cause on a false warrant (DCW 8002) by Lt. Shane Thompson.  This warrant is false because there is no probable cause behind it as it belongs to a false indictment.  Again, no arrest + no official complaint + no affidavit of probable cause = no indictment/no warrant (fraud).

The Ellis County Jail staff has violated my right to due process by accepting and holding me in jail without probable cause.  They had to refuse my admittance to the jail because the false warrant (DCW 8002) belonged to a false indictment (there is no probable cause).  No original arrest + no official complaint + no affidavit of probable cause = no probable cause/no indictment/no bond conditions/no warrant (fraud).

A jailer doesn’t have to be able to interpret if probable cause exists within the arrest paperwork.  That’s for an attorney to figure out.  A jailer simply has to have the correct paperwork, which is an arrest report, an official complaint, and an affidavit of probable cause.   So, a jailer only needs paperwork that claims to establish probable cause.

I worked in this very jail in booking and have trained new booking officers.  The very first thing a jailer is taught when working booking (book-in) is the paperwork required to house (accept) an inmate.  When a police officer brings a person to jail, he MUST have an arrest report, an official complaint, and an affidavit of probable cause.  This paperwork is required for any new arrest with or without being arrested on a warrant.  A police officer who arrests a person by warrant on an existing charge does not have to provide a new affidavit of probable cause because an affidavit already exists on file from the original arrest.

I am guessing that Lt. Shane Thompson told the Ellis County jail staff that his warrant (DCW 8002) belonged to their original arrest for stalking from 2019.  I am assuming this as Chris Macon (Justice of the Peace) who arraigned me on this warrant told me that I was arrested on the original charge from 2019.  This is fraud, and I’ll prove that the warrant doesn’t belong to anything.

The original stalking charge from July 7, 2019 was rejected by the Ellis County Grand Jury and was “reclassified” as criminal trespassing ending litigation for stalking permanently.  This is proven by the included reclassification letter from October 3, 2019. (Court filed document).  This proves that the warrant cannot belong to the original charge of stalking, no ifs, ands, or buts.  It can’t be refiled back to stalking.  hey could take me to court for criminal trespassing but stalking is permanently over, period, end of story.

So, their warrant does not belong to the first charge of stalking (proven above), then what does it belong to?  The warrant claims to belong to their false indictment.  Their false indictment is proven false because I was never arrested a second time for stalking.  Since the indictment doesn’t exist (falsified document), neither does the warrant (falsified document).  No arrest + no official complaint + no affidavit of probable cause = no probable cause/no indictment/no bond conditions/no warrant (fraud).

The jailers are not ignorant to this, they deliberately admitted into their jail without probable cause.  While the above is an easy way to prove no probable cause exists to hold me in jail, there are many other red flags that prove this.  1. There are three separate case numbers for what is claimed to be one criminal charge (one arrest).  2. There are two different cause numbers for what they claim is one criminal charge.  That a cause number exists in the first place proves fraud.  A cause number is a unique identification number that separates one case from another so the paperwork doesn’t get mixed up.  That a cause number exists for one charge proves fraud as a single charge doesn’t need a cause number.  That there are two separate cause numbers for what is supposed to be one case proves fraud even further.  3. Each of the three separate cases which supposedly belong to one case have different offense dates and dates filed.  The original has a date of July 7, 2019 and then changes to June 10, 2019.  Charge two has an offense date of June 9, 2019 and a file date of November 1, 2019 (cause no. 1911870).  Charge three has an offense date of June 10, 2019 and a file date of November 21, 2019 (cause no. 45576CR).  

4. They falsified dismissal paperwork on 1/9/2020 to try to blend all three cases into one (fraud).  This paperwork claims that they are refiling the second charge of criminal trespassing (1911870) that does not belong to an arrest as an already indicted felony (45576CR) that also does not belong to an arrest, and they are transferring my bond from the first charge (no cause number) to the felony indictment but at the exact same time they are dismissing the whole thing.  Number four is very confusing because they can’t do any of what they did and it is pathetic that they would even try.  They cannot have two cases merged together neither of which belong to an arrest.  No arrest + no official complaint + no affidavit of probable cause = nothing (fraud).  They can’t have an indictment materialize out of thin air.  They can’t transfer a bond from one charge to another or to an indictment flapping in the wind.  They cannot have any paperwork that belongs to a case that doesn’t belong to an arrest, official complaint, and affidavit of probable cause.  The dismissal paperwork from 1/9/2020 is major proof of fraud.

I have explained this to the Ellis County Jail staff through numerous jail request forms and grievances.  The only response I get is to contact my attorney.  I have detailed my attorney’s response; however, this is not a matter for an attorney; it is a matter for jail staff.  They do not have the authority to hold me in jail as no paperwork exists that establishes or claims to establish probable cause.

The supervisors in the Ellis County Jail hate me because I went to the Waxahachie Daily Light (local newspaper) for wrongdoing by the previous Ellis County Sheriff, and they know about it.  For some of these supervisors, this is retaliation against me and they love it.  The others are too afraid to stand up and do what is right.  If there is an order from Ellis County Sheriff Brad Norman or Judge Cindy Ermatinger) to hold me even without probable cause, they are not supposed to follow that order (it is against the law).  They must contact The Texas Rangers. 

To be continued....
 

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• John Eric Armstrong
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